PRESIDENT TINUBU, NORTHERN GOVERNORS’ FORUM, CONDEMNS BORNO TWIN SUICIDE ATTACK AS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 18

PRESIDENT TINUBU, NORTHERN GOVERNORS’ FORUM, CONDEMNS BORNO TWIN SUICIDE ATTACK AS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 18

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the spate of suicide attacks in Borno State, which killed 18 people and injured several others. The President described the incident as a “desperate act of a degraded insurgency. A series of blasts, detonated by suspected female suicide bombers, occurred at Gwoza, Borno State, at a wedding ceremony, motor park, and hospital, according to official sources. President Tinubu, in a response to the attacks […]

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General

GUN MEN ATTACK TRAVELLERS ALONG SAGAMU-IJEBU-ODE ON SUNDAY ABDUCTING 20

About twenty travellers have been abducted by gunmen along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway. The travellers were ambushed on Sunday June 30, around 9:00 PM along Sagamu area command of the Nigeria Police Force and Ilishan Township. The Ogun State Police Command is yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filing this report. Meanwhile, according to a resident and chairman of the Ilishan Development Council, Wemmy Osude, a victim […]

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Politics

MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION COMMENDS NIPR FOR ITS ROLE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has commended the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) for its role in the designation of Public Relations as a cadre in the civil service. Idris gave the commendation when the President of NIPR, Dr Ike Neliaku and the President of Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, Justin Green, visited him in Abuja. The visit was to show […]

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Communications

WORLD BANK REPORT SHOWS DIASPORA REMITTANCE TO NIGERIA AT $19.5 BILLION IN 2023

A recent World Bank report shows that diaspora remittance to Nigeria is $19.5 billion in 2023, constituting 35 per cent of such fund transfers to sub-Saharan Africa, with decline of 2.9 per cent year-on-year. In the “Migration and Development Brief” the World Bank Group projected that global remittances are expected to grow by 2.3 per cent in 2024 and 2.8 per cent in 2025, to reach $690 billion next year. […]

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NIGERIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE INTERCEPTS 40FT CONTAINER LADEN WITH VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF ARMS AT ONNE PORT IN RIVERS STATE.

The Nigeria Customs Service says its operatives have intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port in Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based on the number of risk factors associated with the importation, became a subject of interest […]

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Sport

BORNO STATE GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO SUPPORT EL-KANEMI WARRIORS IN THEIR CONTINENTAL CAMPAIGN

Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state on Youths and Sports, Idris Kemdy, says the state government would give El-Kanemi Warriors all the support needed to prosecute their continental campaign. Kemdy stated this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the 2024 President Federation Cup final at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, on Saturday in Lagos where El-Kanemi won the trophy, defeating Abia Warriors 2-0 and […]

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Communications

NIGERIAN AIR FORCE DENIES TRENDING REPORTS OF THE CRASH OF ITS HELICOPTER, SAYS AN UNMANNED DRONE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) popularly known as drone, has crashed in Kaduna on Monday morning and not its helicopter as earlier reported. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Gabkwet said preliminary investigation had since commenced to ascertain what might have caused the mishap. He assured Nigerians that […]

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